Akim Anastopoulo
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Akim A. Anastopoulo (born October 14, 1960, Charleston, South Carolina) is the judge on National Lampoon's syndicated television court show Eye for an Eye. On the show, he is called "Judge Extreme Akim".[1] He is also a well-known attorney in South Carolina.
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[edit] Education
Anastopoulo received a four-year tennis scholarship to the University of Louisville, where he received the "Most Outstanding Athlete" and "Most Outstanding Graduating Senior" Awards.[1] Earning his Bachelor of Arts in 1982, he then went to the University of South Carolina for his Juris Doctor in 1985.[2]
[edit] Professional
Anastopoulo is a partner in "Anastopoulo & Clore, LLC," based in Charleston. He specializes in personal injury, automobile accidents and injuries, premises liability, and products liability. He has litigation experience in civil, criminal, class action and state and federal appeals cases. Anastopoulo has been practicing law in the Charleston, South Carolina area for 20 years.[2]
Anastopoulo is a former South Carolina state prosecutor. He has been admitted to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the South Carolina Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (in 1998), and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1999).
[edit] Eye for an Eye
Anastopoulo was approached to be the judge on Eye for an Eye in 2004, to which he agreed. However, due to the time demands of the show, he was forced to hire another partner to his law practice, Marck Clore.[3]
[edit] Awards
In 2006, a reader's poll by Charleston Citypaper voted Mr. Anastopoulo and the firm of Anastopoulo & Clore as the "Best Lawyer/Law Firm" in Charleston.[3]
